Helleborus viridis — Green hellebore. Gaelic : elehor, a 

 corruption of helleborus (from the Greek eXciv, /lelein, to cause 

 death ; and fiopa, bofa, food — poisonous food). 



" Mo shròn tha stocpt à dhVZí/w-." — M 'Donald. 

 My nose is stopped with hellebore. 



H. fcetidus — Stinking hellebore. Meacan sleiblie, the hill- 

 plant. 



Aquilegia vulgaris — Columbine. Gaelic : las a eholamain, 

 the dove's plant. Irish : crnba-leisin, — from cruba, crouching, and 

 leise, thigh or haunch ; suggested by the form of the flower. 

 Liisan cholain (O'Reilly), pigeon's flower. Welsh : trocd y 

 glovien, naked woman's foot. 



Aconitum napellus — Monkshood. Gaelic : fuath inhadhaidh 

 (Shaw), the wolf's aversion. Curaichd mhànaich (Armstrong), 

 monkshood. Welsh : bleiddag, — from bleidd, a wolf, and tag, 

 choke. 



Nigella damascena — Chase-the-devil. Gaelic : liis an f/iog- 

 raidh, the pursued plant. Irish : his vihic Raonail, MacRonald's 

 wort. Not indigenous, but common in gardens. 



Paeonia officinalis— Peony. Gaelic : Ins a phione. A corrup- 

 tion of Pcson, the physician who first used it in medicine, and 

 cured Plato of a wound inflicted by Hercules. Welsh : bladeitr 

 brcfiin, the king's flower. Irish ; lus phoinc. 



BERBERIDACE.i. 



Berberis vulgaris — Barberr>'. Gaelic : barbrag (a corruption 

 from Phimician word barar), the brilliancy of a shell; allud- 

 ing to their shining leaves. Greek (SepftepL, berberi, a shell. Preas 

 nan gear dhearc, the sour berry-bush. Preas deilgneach, the 

 prickly bush. Irish : barbrog. 



Nymph.ìace^,. 

 (From wiK^t], nymphe, a water-nymph, referring to their habitats.) 

 Nymphaea alba— White water-lil}\ Gaelic : duileag bhaite 

 bliàn, the drowned white leaf 



" Feur lochain is tachair, 

 An cinn an ditikag bhàitc.^'—'SVlyi'VY's.'E.. 

 Water, grass, and algae, 

 Where the water-lily grows. 



" O ////, righ nam fleuran."—M 'Donald. 

 O lilv, king of flowers. 



